Monday, December 26, 2016

We haven't made any posts to our blog
for quite some time now. So I thought it was time for an update. I
don't think we will be posting often.. matter of fact, this will
likely be our last post.

To close the blog I simply locked the
blog. Unfortunately, a few people thought we had locked them out –
absolutely not the case. We were going through some big life changes
so decided to just shut the blog down.

When we set out on our cruising
adventure we knew it was going to be life changing. But honestly, we
had no idea HOW life changing it
was going to be. It reminds me of the saying “what doesn't kill you
makes you stronger”. Well the adventure nearly killed us, but in
the end, made us stronger than either of us could have ever imagined.

First I want to
shout out to our friend's David and Stephanie. I doubt most readers
of this blog know who they are as we met them cruising, but I think
their lives followed a similar path as ours. They never gave up us
and were always supportive. Stephanie just kept telling me “we went
through it too – it will be okay”. Thank you!

When we left the
Puget Sound we thought we were a fairly normal average couple. We had
our issues, but we loved each other and found ways to work things
out. Then we turned our lives upside down. We nearly destroyed our
relationship but in the end discovered what true love actually is. We
have found an intimacy that we never imagined existed. We know each
others most intimate thoughts and feelings. We have a love for each
other that will never be broken. Words will never describe it fully..
but you know what it is when you meet certain couples. I always
wondered how they did it. Well, I don't know how THEY did it, but I
know how we did it. I just smile and say “thank you” every time
someone says “wow, you two are quite the love birds”. We don't go
around doing inappropriate PDA so I can only guess it is because we
glow.

Even greater than
our love for each other is our love for our Lord. Our faith has grown
immensely. I use to think my faith and love for the Lord was very
strong. But now I realize how shallow it was and how much growth
there is yet to come. I thank the Lord for loving me when I did not
love Him. I thank the Lord for loving me so much that He has filled
my life with love.

So as I said –
what didn't kill us, made us stronger beyond our wildest imagination!

About Us

Mike and Jan Powers - children of God, blessed beyond belief. Why our Lord has chosen to bless these 2 sinners - only He knows. But we have chosen to walk face first down the path as He lays it out. This is a chronicle of the life and times aboard Rapture.